The story appears simple on the surface, but is revealed, especially after multiple viewings, as more multi-layered and textured than Cassavetes at his best. Ostensibly it concerns a 14-year old Catholic girl, Wynne (Agutter) growing up in this post-modern wasteland, who develops a crush on her much older adoptive brother (Marshall)- a crush which perversely deepens and grows into infatuation once she starts to believe he is the local sex killer. This is in itself an idea that makes you sit up and jolt, but as the narrative develops, it continues not necessarily along a linear path but in several confusing and fascinating directions: the family's history, (detailed effectively in chilling flashback during an improvised seance) is a chequered one, and has suffered at least one major relocation and upheaval in the last ten years. At the crux, however, it's the depiction of socialal changes that make I Start Counting so fascinating and elevate its language far beyond the confines of the standard horror film. The major subtext- that teenage girls were maturing more quickly than before, and developing full sexual and romantic appetites (even if in thought rather than deed) but were not possessed of enough discretion to make the right choices- was a step forward for a genre in which its young females had previously been portrayed as bimbo victims (Cover Girl Killer and The Night Caller spring to mind), but not one that all viewers would necessarily agree with. But most striking of all, and possibly the most enduring image which the viewer will take away with them, is of the masterful symbolism with which director Greene invests every shot. Every inch of the Kinch family's world- their house, their walls, their TV, Agutters underwear, bedroom furniture and toys, Sutcliffe's clothes, Marshalls van, the local Catholic church, their town centre, their record shop) - is painted a bright, scintillating white- a white which, by inference, is slowly becoming smudged and corrupted with the dirt of the outside world. White also symbolises, of course, purity and innocence (two qualities Catholic schoolgirls are supposed to hold dear), and it is into this world of innocence that the ever-present red bus (a symbol of violation and penetration), conducted by the lecherous yet similarly juvenile Simon Ward, makes regular journeys. The allegory is further expanded in one scene where Agutter believes she sees the Christ figure in church weeping blood: by the time we acknowledge it, its gone, but the seed has already been planted. Rarely in a genre production has the use of colour and background been so important or effective in creating a uniformity of mood. I Start Counting is as near-perfect an end to a decade as one could hope for, and exactly the kind of film people should be making now- which is, of course, exactly why they never will. A genre essential. by D.R.
4：3画幅打开一幅30年代柏林风情画，上演一出“罗曼蒂克消亡史”，尊严煎熬下的法比安不愿意接受现实，又在想象的拯救和约会中死去，也许战争爆发前以这样的方式离开反倒是一种仁慈。
時代車輪下，自由主義者的挽歌。每看二十分钟就要停下来缓一下，像法比安溺水前的挣扎。痛。荒诞。无力。推荐和「无主之作」连起来看，不过一个是沉没，一个是扬升，为体验希望，还是先看这部，再看「无主之作」吧。我认为这两部电影中的两位教授都有现实原型—「无主之作」是博伊斯，「法比安」是海德格尔—思想风潮转变的缩影。
前面一小部分让我想到了一个名词“电影的戏剧化”——才用多视点一定程度上还原了戏院里的观看模式，后面的叙事较为平稳，部分镜头有“私影像”的特性，多次分心。
当代德国电影里常见的杂糅、拼贴等手法，《法比安》都有。黄金二十年代的大城市，在格拉夫电影的前半部转变为令人叹为观止的万花筒效果。但也许是为了带出某种诗学立场，特别是作者、演员和制片人之间的冲突，格拉夫突然在后半段为这部电影造出了一个爱情故事的核。这个过度感伤的情感故事不仅将凯斯特纳精辟而几乎愤世嫉俗的笑话和批判变成了自怨自艾，更是把法比安这个维特式的道德向人物变成了笑话。当最后他的日记在纳粹焚书里烧毁，你不由得怀疑这是格拉夫对凯斯特纳的嘲讽。
“同一辆火车载着所有人，时间在前行中流逝，我们向外看去，我们看着，我们看到同一辆火车在这所有人。前方距离无人知晓，邻座有人睡觉，有人哀叹，还有人喋喋不休，车站过了一个又一个，而火车仍在岁月中飞驰，奔向永不可及的目的地。”
颠覆的时代与疯狂的人类，绝望的生活与悲伤的爱情。史诗般的拍摄手法与细腻的镜头。眼泪落在咖啡里，烟头漂在水面上。一条鱼淹死了，等她的姑娘每天三点会来。这部电影太令人震撼了
手持风格、旁白的叙述、法比安一生的故事，都是我喜欢的。
能在这个时代排出如此优秀的作品，德国是让人尊敬的，喜欢法比安远眺的眼神，最后在自己的理想中溺亡真的太悲哀了！总觉得魏玛共和国时期混乱的政治、萧条的经济、败坏的道德促使了纳粹的崛起，那个时代本该需要法比安的！
時代車輪下，自由主義者的挽歌。每看二十分钟就要停下来缓一下，像法比安溺水前的挣扎。痛。荒诞。无力。推荐和「无主之作」连起来看，不过一个是沉没，一个是扬升，为体验希望，还是先看这部，再看「无主之作」吧。我认为这两部电影中的两位教授都有现实原型—「无主之作」是博伊斯，「法比安」是海德格尔—思想风潮转变的缩影。
德式浪漫和忠诚。“遇到你之前，我并不知道自己可以如此忠贞”
结局会马上想到《横道世之介》。不该死的人死了。
三十年代德国一个小知识分子的混乱生活。超闷。
超一→全天超一
《法比安》就像是克拉考尔社会学著作的电影版本，混乱的熵增导向疯狂的张力，事件变为即将到来之物。导演通过介于历史先锋主义以及Dogma95的主观视角祛除了有失真实的史诗光环，还原为一种正在经历的激进“此在”。《法》不是政治史，而是精神史，在高度分裂的影像碎片之中，影片的开场却以一个历史时间的长镜头宣告了巴赞摄影现实主义的终结，又在动线上与结尾的“下降”相对——作为对幻觉机制的进入和退出
对瞬间地考古，对当下地建构，对权利地解剖，对爱情地颂歌
故事和人物中都是关于时代和社会的厚重感与文化艺术观 剪辑中混杂着人物的情绪和社会氛围 比起普通的剧情片 这类艺术片的以小见大 以点概面的能力更强 历史中总是需要很多这类不一样的视角和角度 目的不是为了简单的还原历史 更深重的意义在于如何面对生活以及那个时代一些特殊独特的记忆
除了转换场景的动画和片尾预告和tv版好像一点儿区别也没有😂
二战前夕，一个失业的文艺青年，在和女友约会的路上，见义勇为，不幸溺水而亡的故事。
整体评分：7.5/10分
艹我好喜欢这部！啊啊啊。我以为是有点无趣的文艺片，没想到有几条故事线，还有很多设计的技巧，有些地方看哭了。。。男女主裸着5号房换到6号房，跳舞、ML，女孩怀疑男孩偷钱给她买裙子，隔着玻璃亲吻，舞台上方看着下方女主背出两人真实际遇的“台词”，拉布德父亲哭泣，男主去学校质问教授，那位有钱的大姐姐和男主的几段偶遇，都好喜欢。。。哎，汤姆希林真的演得好好。
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